Italy imposes ban on ChatGPT due to privacy concerns

The Italian government has banned the Artificial Intelligence (AI) application ChatGPT.

Italy’s Data Protection Authority said the application of US technology company Open AI had been banned due to privacy concerns.

The authority said that an investigation will be launched against Open AI by banning ChatGPT immediately.

Italy’s data protection authority said Open AI had been given 20 days to submit its response to the Italian watchdog’s concerns; otherwise, it could be fined $21 million.

A few days ago, the Italian watchdog raised concerns about data breaches regarding the personal data and payment information of ChatGPT users, saying that there is no legal justification for storing people’s data on a large scale for training purposes and it cannot be justified in any way.

The watchdog had expressed concern that ChatGPT also did not have a method to verify the age of users, due to which inappropriate responses to ChatGPT can affect children’s awareness and development.

It should be noted that Italy became the first Western country to impose such a ban after the decision to ban privacy concerns on the application ChatGPT of the US company OpenAI.